• Unofficial Heisman winner of our hearts:AJ McCarron, but not for the football-related reasons you might think. No, Alabama's quarterback won our undying allegiance much earlier in the day, after dropping this little number on GameDay:

AJ McCarron to ESPN on handling wrath of Saban: "I always mess with him. I always say it kind of makes you feel as small as him."

• Saddest coaching development:Being reportedly already deprived of the can't-miss combo of John Calipari and Bobby Petrino operating at the same school. Football's trickster gods are capricious and cruel and NEVER WANT US TO HAVE ANY FUN.

• Closest call we didn't even know was a close call at the time:

Upon further review, No. 2 Chris Brown and No. 2 Bennett Jackson were both on the field when Pitt kicker Harper missed the game-winner.

• Most welcome and feared reversal of fortune: We have pretty much been waiting for this to tear our West Coast family and friends apart for like six weeks now, and it's finally here, with UCLA outranking USC for the first time since 2001. (It's only a fun rivalry if the other team gets to swing back, y'all.)

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